Panda and Me
New Born Pup
I know we have only had our guinea pig for less than a week, but she seems to react very negatively to as little as our walking by her cage.
We adopted Gypsy from the Animal Humane Society. The little I know about her, she is approximately 2 months old. She was brought into the AHS 3 days before we brought her home with both her parents and 2 sibling/litter mates. We have kept her environment as quiet and calm as possible, we handle her once daily and have backed off from petting to just having her sit in my lap while we read aloud or talk quietly. At AHS, when we held her, she settled down quickly and seemed okay with us petting her, of course that was with Mom, Dad and siblings nearby. She sometimes will squeak a little at us, mostly when being held, but when I put her back in her cage she makes a funny noise. It isn't a growl or a purr but it definitely seems to be an indignant, unhappy noise. The first time I heard it is when I changed her bedding for the first time. She seemed upset that her area had been rearranged, even if it was relocating her waste. The only thing rearranged was relocating her waste and the towel and fleece blanket were also changed out for new/clean ones. Then we did not hear the noise again for a few days. When I backed off to just holding her in a blanket in my lap last night she did not settle down at all. She used to like to sit in the corner of my arm, burrowed into my elbow. When I put her back in her cage last night she made the angry noise as she scurried off into her hide. Then this morning as I set out her much loved zuchinni she made the sound again.
Much less interaction and we won't be interacting with her at all.
There is a chance she could be pregnant from being housed with dad until a week ago.
We adopted Gypsy from the Animal Humane Society. The little I know about her, she is approximately 2 months old. She was brought into the AHS 3 days before we brought her home with both her parents and 2 sibling/litter mates. We have kept her environment as quiet and calm as possible, we handle her once daily and have backed off from petting to just having her sit in my lap while we read aloud or talk quietly. At AHS, when we held her, she settled down quickly and seemed okay with us petting her, of course that was with Mom, Dad and siblings nearby. She sometimes will squeak a little at us, mostly when being held, but when I put her back in her cage she makes a funny noise. It isn't a growl or a purr but it definitely seems to be an indignant, unhappy noise. The first time I heard it is when I changed her bedding for the first time. She seemed upset that her area had been rearranged, even if it was relocating her waste. The only thing rearranged was relocating her waste and the towel and fleece blanket were also changed out for new/clean ones. Then we did not hear the noise again for a few days. When I backed off to just holding her in a blanket in my lap last night she did not settle down at all. She used to like to sit in the corner of my arm, burrowed into my elbow. When I put her back in her cage last night she made the angry noise as she scurried off into her hide. Then this morning as I set out her much loved zuchinni she made the sound again.
Much less interaction and we won't be interacting with her at all.
There is a chance she could be pregnant from being housed with dad until a week ago.